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To: kash johal who wrote (36733)	9/4/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1571055

Kash, <who's process is better> Of course you are absolutely right. I am just having a little fun by exercising a rare opportunity to pay back to Yousef and Paul. I hope I will pay them back with good percents some time later .... As per K6 on Cu-0.18,I would not hold my breath. IMO, the old design ideas (not exposed to DEC short-tick secrets) are not very capable clock-wise. I think 500-600 would be a ceiling for this design. However, Tenchusatsu thinks Message 5660439 that a K6-3 at 400 will be equal to P-II @450, and I would not bet against him :) (I think he has samples!). It sure makes some room in the competition. Best regards in crazy investing, - Ali

To: kash johal who wrote (36733)	9/6/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571055

Kash, Re: "But Yousef has stated that one key advantage that Intel has is they have increased the FET drive current." Actually Kash, Intel has about the same FET drive current as AMD, BUT Intel does this at a lower operating voltage. Performance is proportional to I/(CV), so as the voltage is decreased and FET drive current stays the same ... then performance increases. Also the other BIG advantage from this strategy is Power is proportional to CV^2f, so as voltage is reduced, the power is decreased as the square of the voltage. This is one of the big reasons that Intel OWNS the notebook market. Re: "If we assume that wafer costs are equal ..." Please don't make this assumption ... Intel gets much better prices on IC equipment, chemicals, raw wafers ... and ... with their larger Fabs, Intel is able to spread their operating and fixed costs over many more wafers. Intel IS the low cost producer of CPU's. Make It So, Yousef